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Definition of Illative
1. Adjective. Relating to or having the nature of illation or inference. "The illative faculty of the mind"
2. Adjective. Resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference. "Inferential reasoning"
3. Adjective. Expressing or preceding an inference. "`therefore' is an illative word"
Definition of Illative
1. a. Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc.
2. n. An illative particle, as for, because.
Definition of Illative
1. a word or phrase introducing an inference [n -S]
Medical Definition of Illative
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Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation; inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc.